Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? | ||||
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Released | 1 March 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1992–1993 | |||
Studio | Windmill Lane (Dublin), Surrey Sound (Leatherhead) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 40:54 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Stephen Street | |||
The Cranberries chronology | ||||
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Singles from Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? | ||||
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [12] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [13] |
The Irish Times | [2] |
Los Angeles Times | [14] |
NME | 6/10 [15] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [16] |
Q | [17] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [18] |
Select | [19] |
Slant Magazine | [20] |
The Village Voice | A− [21] |
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? is the debut studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. [5] Released on 1 March 1993 through Island Records after four EPs, it is both the band's first full-length album and major label release. [22] The album was written entirely by the band's lead singer Dolores O'Riordan and guitarist Noel Hogan and contains the band's highest charting US single, "Linger". [22] The album reached number one on the UK and the Irish albums charts. [22] It spent a total of 86 weeks on the UK chart. [23] On 24 June 1994, it became the fifth album in rock history to reach number one more than a year after release. [24] At the end of 1995, it ranked as the 50th best selling album in Australia. [25] It reached number 18 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and stayed on this chart for 136 weeks; [26] the album sold six million copies worldwide. [22]
On 7 March 2018, the band's three remaining members announced they were releasing a special 25th anniversary newly remastered anniversary edition of the album, with previously unreleased material as well as other bonus material from the era of the album. [27] [28] However, it was delayed until late 2018, following the death of O'Riordan. [29]
All lyrics are written by Dolores O'Riordan, except for "(They Long to Be) Close to You" written by Hal David
No. | Title | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Still Do" |
| Stephen Street | 3:16 |
2. | "Dreams" |
| Street | 4:32 |
3. | "Sunday" |
| Street | 3:30 |
4. | "Pretty" |
| Street | 2:16 |
5. | "Waltzing Back" | O'Riordan | Street | 3:38 |
6. | "Not Sorry" |
| Street | 4:20 |
7. | "Linger" |
| Street | 4:34 |
8. | "Wanted" |
| Street | 2:07 |
9. | "Still Can't..." |
| Street | 3:38 |
10. | "I Will Always" | O'Riordan | Street | 2:42 |
11. | "How" | O'Riordan | Street | 2:51 |
12. | "Put Me Down" |
| Street | 3:33 |
Total length: | 40:54 |
The 2002 re-release included additional tracks.
No. | Title | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
13. | "Reason" |
| Street | 2:02 |
14. | "Them" |
| Pearse Gilmore | 3:42 |
15. | "What You Were" | O'Riordan | Street | 3:41 |
16. | "Liar" |
| Street | 2:22 |
17. | "Pretty" (remix) (from Prêt-à-Porter , 1994) |
| Street | 3:41 |
18. | "How" (radical mix) | O'Riordan | Street | 2:58 |
Total length: | 59:34 |
No. | Title | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Íosa" | O'Riordan | Street | 4:09 |
2. | "What You Were" (demo) | O'Riordan | Street | 3:42 |
3. | "Linger" (Dave Bascombe mix) |
| Street | 4:40 |
4. | "How" (alternate version) | O'Riordan | Street | 2:52 |
No. | Title | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
5. | "Liar" |
| Street | 2:24 |
6. | "What You Were" | O'Riordan | Street | 3:41 |
7. | "Reason" |
| Street | 2:02 |
8. | "How" (radical mix) | O'Riordan | Street | 2:58 |
9. | "Them" |
| Street | 3:42 |
10. | "Pretty" (remix) (from Prêt-à-Porter , 1994) |
| Street | 3:41 |
No. | Title | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
11. | "Uncertain" |
| Pearse Gilmore | 3:06 |
12. | "Nothing Left at All" |
| Gilmore | 3:54 |
13. | "Pathetic Senses" |
| Gilmore | 3:36 |
14. | "Them" |
| Gilmore | 3:44 |
No. | Title | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
15. | "Dreams" (unmixed) |
| Gilmore | 4:06 |
16. | "Sunday" |
| The Cranberries | 4:52 |
17. | "Linger" |
| The Cranberries | 5:10 |
18. | "Chrome Paint" |
| The Cranberries | 3:35 |
19. | "Fast One" |
| The Cranberries | 3:32 |
20. | "Shine Down" |
| The Cranberries | 4:12 |
21. | "Dreams" (pop mix) |
| The Cranberries | 4:08 |
Total length: | 77:46 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Put Me Down" |
| 2:55 |
2. | "Dreams" |
| 4:10 |
3. | "Uncertain" |
| 2:54 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
4. | "Pretty" |
| 2:37 |
5. | "Wanted" |
| 2:08 |
6. | "Daffodil Lament" | O'Riordan | 4:40 |
7. | "Linger" |
| 4:50 |
8. | "I Can't Be with You" |
| 3:13 |
9. | "How" | O'Riordan | 2:56 |
10. | "Ode to My Family" |
| 4:53 |
11. | "Not Sorry" |
| 3:55 |
12. | "Waltzing Back" | O'Riordan | 3:46 |
13. | "Dreams" |
| 4:37 |
14. | "Ridiculous Thoughts" |
| 4:32 |
15. | "Zombie" | O'Riordan | 5:23 |
16. | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Carpenters cover) | Burt Bacharach | 3:09 |
Total length: | 60:38 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Dreams" |
| 4:11 |
2. | "Uncertain" |
| 3:29 |
3. | "Reason" |
| 1:58 |
4. | "Put Me Down" |
| 2:53 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
5. | "Waltzing Back" | O'Riordan | 3:34 |
6. | "Linger" |
| 3:25 |
7. | "Wanted" |
| 2:12 |
8. | "I Will Always" | O'Riordan | 2:41 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
9. | "The Icicle Melts" | O'Riordan | 3:12 |
10. | "Wanted" |
| 2:03 |
11. | "Like You Used To" |
| 2:34 |
12. | "False" |
| 2:28 |
Total length: | 34:40 |
The album's liner notes credit the following personnel: [33]
The Cranberries
Additional musicians
Production
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [53] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [54] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [55] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [56] | Gold | 100,000* |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [57] | Gold | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [58] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [59] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [60] | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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